Re: [rtcweb] How to determine TLS roles?

Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg@ericsson.com> Tue, 11 February 2014 07:56 UTC

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From: Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg@ericsson.com>
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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] How to determine TLS roles?
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Hi,

>>>> Q2: If SDP O/A is not used on the wire, there needs to be another mechanism for the peers to negotiate/indicate who is "active" and who is "passive"?
>>>
>>> I don't see how this is our problem.
>>Ok, let me rephrase: we use SDP O/A in the API between the JS App and the browser, and the RFCs you pointed to above say that the SDP setup attribute is used to negotiate the roles.
>>
>>So, can the JS App, using the setup attribute, control the DTLS role in the browser
>
> That ties into the general question of which a-lines can be modified in
> the JS app. It's no more decided than those questions.

So, if I understand correctly, currently the JS App CANNOT control the browser DTLS role?

Regards,

Christer